Most of this journal is friends-only. I'm pretty open to adding people.

I remember a few of us (most of all bing_crosby) predicting when Edwards dropped out of the race that he would probably aspire to be AG, not VP. Nice to see that we were on target.

Is there a difference between "if" and "if and only if"?

If you think so, please explain.

My friend forwarded this to me in an email entitled "the best sound bite EVER." I certainly can't recall one that would top it ( Read more... )

Ask the internet:

I'm trying to buy a t-shirt to display my team spirit come Spring. The problem is, sports t-shirts are all made really big (both wide/baggy and long), so it's hard to figure out the size I need.

Can anyone hazard a guess as to the nearest equivalent to an American Apparel adult small? Would it be youth large? Extra large? ( Read more... )

Here's that thing, borrowed from many others:

GUESS THE SONG
Step 1. Put your playlist on random.
Step 2. Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing. (You can skip songs that are instrumental.)
Step 3. Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
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Once in a while reading the obituaries really proves its worth. In my ignorance, I never heard of Jane Rule before today, but better late than never:

Over the years Ms. Rule’s opposition to government censorship of gay and lesbian books made her a highly visible public presence in Canada. She did not, however, support same-sex marriage, which ( Read more... )

Dear Internet,

Why does my MacBook optical drive pick and choose which CDs it deigns to read, when it reads and plays all DVDs indiscriminately? Half the CDs I put in get spit out after some scary sounding rumination. Is my machine busted? Can I fix it or must I send it away?

Two words: Cumbias rebajadas.

Winter is approaching and I am looking for a winter hat to wear to work, with my suits and charcoal grey wool coat. I think I need something a bit more distinctive than a standard knit wool winter hat. I have two ideas:

1. Fuzzy driving cap

2. Trilby

Any thoughts? Alternate suggestions?